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Monday, April 4, 2011

It's A Small World Sometimes

What a pleasant surprise as we looked for a quiet spot in the LHR Star Alliance Lounge this morning. New Zealand doctor and Flyertalk friend Jeff Wong jumped up to greet us. This is at least the fourth time we've run into somebody we know in airport lounges or, in one instance, at a hotel elevator in Bangkok.

It was great fun to see Jeff and visit for awhile. He's one of those super-travelers who makes our comings and goings look modest in comparison.

We were all on the LHR-SFO flight, with us in the mini-cabin and Jeff several rows back in the main C cabin. The flight itself was very pleasant and we even caught a couple of hours of sleep.The last time we checked, Jeff was still snoozing just before the seat-belt sign went on for landing. Jeff is laying over longer than we are before flying onward to Wellington (WLG), where he'll look forward to having the rest of the afternoon off before going back to work the next day. Wow!

We breezed through Immigration, Customs, and back in through TSA security in record time. Unfortunately, the final flight to SEA before our 8:40 p.m. flight had already departed, so we'll be sitting here in the RCC before boarding what will feel like a red-eye to us.

We're looking forward to seeing some grandchildren in the morning, and then it's home for awhile before our flight to ICN April 14.

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On Wandering And Traveling

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.Robert Louis Stevenson

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain